Remembrance Day

..., the blind compassion that seized and shook you then As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men? Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back With... Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again. Anthem for a Doomed Youth ~Wilfred Owen What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? --Only the monstrous anger of...

Poetry in Non-Motion

... my Year 12 English teacher for my love of war poetry. --- - Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen. 'What passing-bells for those who die ...bleakest poem; it really gets the nihilism Owen and the other soldiers would have felt,.... - Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen. 'Bent double like old beggars under.... William Butler Yeats = fascinating. But try Youth and Age, That the Night Come, ...

Fic: And Each Slow Dusk (1/1)

..., Ten II and Martha. Rating: PG Pairing: Ten/Rose Summary: Remember . A/N: The title, text of the cut, and quote in the fic are from Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen. Disclaimer: Not Mine. Setting: Post- Journey’s End , canon-compliant. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells

Fic: And Each Slow Dusk (1/1)

..., Ten II and Martha. Rating: PG Pairing: Ten/Rose Summary: Remember . A/N: The title, text of the cut, and quote in the fic are from Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen. Disclaimer: Not Mine. Setting: Post- Journey’s End , canon-compliant. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells

Chance's Strange Arithmetic

...of finishing these revisions today, Lieutenant Owen thought as he reluctantly placed ... I survive the night. * * * * * * * To Owen's surprise, Private Maglor's ... who die as cattle?         (Anthem for Doomed Youth) The odd book ... when experienced first-hand. * * * * * * * Lieutenant Owen wanted him to sing tonight.... poems in their entirety at Wilfred Owen Poems (courtesy of firstworldwar....

Poppies and roses

Though a day late, Anthem for Doomed Youth (Wilfred Owen) What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? --Only the monstrous anger of the guns.  Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries for them from prayers or bells,  Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,- The shrill, demented choirs of wailing ...

Armistice/Veteran's Day

"Anthem for Doomed Youth", Wilfred Owen, from Poems, published 1920 What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? - Only the monstrous anger of the guns. - Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,- The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles ...

A poem for Remembrance Day: ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only ... tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. By gay British poet Wilfred Owen, who was killed while crossing the Sambre-Oise Canal a week almost to the hour before World War...